A family missed a wedding in India after they and other passengers had to wait more than 48 hours for a flight at Birmingham Airport.
More than 230 passengers had been due to fly out on Air India on Friday night but discovered their flight had been delayed due to a technical fault. But their frustration turned to misery when they were told their flight had then been cancelled completely.
More than 40 passengers then spent two nights in local hotels waiting for an Air India flight bound for Amritsar via Delhi. The delay meant some will miss a family wedding today, while another family will be unable to attend a funeral.
Sunny Rai, a 26-year-old trainee financial adviser from Smethwick, his mother Charanjit Kaur, 50, and 54-year-old father Balkar Singh, were looking forward to attending a cousin's wedding.
Instead, the weary family, who had nine suitcases and paid £480 each for their ticket, were still waiting for a flight last night.
Mr Rai said: 'I was at the airport and checked in at 5.30pm on Friday and they suspended us there and then. They said there was a technical issue and asked us to 'bear with us'.
09/02/15 John Hutchinson/Mail Online
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More than 230 passengers had been due to fly out on Air India on Friday night but discovered their flight had been delayed due to a technical fault. But their frustration turned to misery when they were told their flight had then been cancelled completely.
More than 40 passengers then spent two nights in local hotels waiting for an Air India flight bound for Amritsar via Delhi. The delay meant some will miss a family wedding today, while another family will be unable to attend a funeral.
Sunny Rai, a 26-year-old trainee financial adviser from Smethwick, his mother Charanjit Kaur, 50, and 54-year-old father Balkar Singh, were looking forward to attending a cousin's wedding.
Instead, the weary family, who had nine suitcases and paid £480 each for their ticket, were still waiting for a flight last night.
Mr Rai said: 'I was at the airport and checked in at 5.30pm on Friday and they suspended us there and then. They said there was a technical issue and asked us to 'bear with us'.
09/02/15 John Hutchinson/Mail Online
